Wood, Bryan Bemisderfer Win F-USA Races Monday At Summit Point Raceway

Wood, Bryan Bemisderfer Win F-USA Races Monday At Summit Point Raceway

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Jeff Wood swept all three of his Formula USA races Monday at Summit Point Raceway, in West Virginia, extending his Championship point lead in each class. Hometown boy Bryan Bemisderfer, meanwhile, took a significant victory in Thunderbike. Riding an Arclight Suzuki GSX-R600 shod with 16.5-inch Dunlop slicks, Wood came from behind in Superbike to overtake defending class Champion Robert Jensen and win by just under three seconds. In his run up to the front, Wood lowered his own overall motorcycle track record from 1:14.317 (which he set Sunday on his GSX-R750) to 1:14.303. Jensen took second in Superbike with Champions Martin Moto Yamaha’s Michael Himmelsbach third. Argo Cycles’ Scott Greenwood crashed his new Kawasaki ZX-6R on the first lap of the 20-lap Superbike final, and Greenwood’s sliding bike took out Wood’s teammate Scott Harwell. Greenwood and Harwell suffered mild concussions but were otherwise uninjured in the incident. In the Sportbike final, which ran under threatening and occasionally spitting skies, Wood and Kneedraggers.com Yamaha’s Greenwood ran nose-to-tail until the race was stopped on lap 16 of 20. The race was re-started, a controversial decision, for six more laps. Wood and Jensen raced closely, but Wood made a last-lap move and beat Jensen to the checkered flag by a fraction of a second. Himmelsbach, who ran a distant third in the main portion of the race, finished third, just ahead of Harwell and Greenwood. The rain came down before the start of the Formula Sportbike final, which was shortened from 20 to 10 laps. Wood, a specialist in rain riding, took the holeshot and ran away to win. Harwell and Team Stargel’s Brian Stokes swapped second several times until Stokes pulled away late in the race to secure the runner-up position. Harwell finished third, two seconds behind Stokes and well ahead of Jensen, who does not like riding at Summit Point in the rain. Earlier in the day, Harding Harley-Davidson/Buell teammates Bemisderfer and Dave Estok had a terrific race in Thunderbike. Unlike most Thunderbike races, which are often decided by attrition, the 16-lap final at Summit Point went right down to the last lap, and defending F-USA Thunderbike Champion Bemisderfer took his first Thunderbike victory at Summit Point, his hometrack. Estok finished runner-up, less than a second behind Bemisderfer. CAD Racing’s David Yaakov finished third on his Phil-Dodd-tuned Suzuki SV650, maintaining his Thunderbike Championship point lead. The day ended with the wet, seven-lap Unlimited Grand Prix, which was won by Stokes on his Michelin-rain-tire-equipped Suzuki GSX-R750. The big news, however, was that Tim Bemisderfer (who rode a Dunlop-backed Shenandoah Honda CBR1000RR) finished second (in spite of running off the track) in his first race back after undergoing a kidney transplant in February. Spina finished third. Jensen sat out the Unlimited GP even though there was Suzuki contingency money available. Formula USA Race Results: Sportbike (600cc): 1. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), 20 laps; 2. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), -0.209 second; 3. Michael Himmelsbach (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600); 5. Scott Greenwood (Kaw ZX-6R); 6. Ryan Elleby (Suz GSX-R600); 7. Hector Jimenez (Yam YZF-R6); 8. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R600); 9. Scott Harwood (Hon CBR600RR); 10. Chad Klock (Hon CBR600RR), -1 lap; 11. Alan Nelson (Kaw ZX-6), -1 lap; 12. John Vaccaro (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap; 13. Donny Kelley (Suz GSX-R600), -3 laps; 14. Jonathan Lawrence (Yam YZF-R6), -5 laps; 15. Steve Vento (Kaw ZX-6), -6 laps; 16. Adam Dolney (Yam YZF-R6), -7 laps; 17. Trey Yonce (Yam YZF-R6), -9 laps; 18. Brian Roach (Yam YZF-R6), -10 laps. Superbike (600cc): 1. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R600), 20 laps; 2. Robert Jensen (Yam YZF-R6), -1.900 seconds; 3. Michael Himmelsbach (Yam YZF-R6); 4. Hector Jimenez (Yam YZF-R6); 5. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R600); 6. Donny Kelley (Suz GSX-R600); 7. Ryan Patterson (Yam YZF-R6); 8. Ned Brown (Kaw ZX-6), -1 lap; 9. Alan Nelson (Kaw ZX-6), -1 lap; 10. Chris Rockwell (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap; 11. Robert Lombardi (Suz GSX-R600), -1 lap; 12. Jim Bonner (Yam TZ250), -1 lap; 13. Adam Dolney (Yam YZF-R6), -6 laps, DNF, crash; 14. Roy Cadoo, Jr. (Kaw ZX-6), -10 laps; 15. Scott Greenwood (Kaw ZX-6), -16 laps, DNF, crash; 16. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R600), -20 laps, DNF, crash. Formula Sportbike (750cc): 1. Jeff Wood (Suz GSX-R750), 10 laps; 2. Brian Stokes (Suz GSX-R750), -2.503 seconds; 3. Scott Harwell (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Robert Jensen (Suz GSX-R750); 5. Joseph Spina (Suz GSX-R750); 6. Joe Ribeiro (Suz GSX-R750); 7. Ryan Elleby (Suz GSX-R750), -1 lap; 8. Brandon Parrish (Suz GSX-R750), -3 laps, two crashes; 9. Rick Beggs (Kaw ZX-6), -9 laps, DNF. Thunderbike: 1. Bryan Bemisderfer (Buell XB9R), 16 laps; 2. Dave Estok (Buell XB12R), -0.198 second; 3. David Yaakov (Suz SV650); 4. Randy Rega (Buell XB12R); 5. Arthur Diaz (Buell XB9R); 6. Clint Brotz (Buell XB12R); 7. Sam Rozynski (Buell XB12R); 8. Russell Masecar (Suz SV650); 9. Joe Rozynski, III (Buell XB12R); 10. Darren Danilowicz (Suz SV650); 11. Jeff Gochenour (Buell XB12R); 12. Greg Avello (Buell XB12R); 13. Gary Bunner (Duc 748); 14. Chris Kalb (Suz SV650), -1 lap; 15. Mark Evry (Suz SV650), -1 lap; 16. Daniel Riter (Suz SV650), -1 lap; 17. Walt Sipp (Buell XB12R), -1 lap; 18. Peter Alesso (Buell XB12R), -1 lap; 19. Matthew Buck (Suz SV650), -1 lap; 20. Dan Bilansky (Buell XB12R), -4 laps, DNF, mechanical. Unlimited Grand Prix: 1. Brian Stokes (Suz GSX-R750), 7 laps; 2. Tim Bemisderfer (Hon CBR1000RR), -15.069 seconds; 3. Joseph Spina (Suz GSX-R750); 4. Joe Ribeiro (Suz GSX-R750); 5. Michael Swank (Yam YZF-R1); 6. Arnold Hastings (Suz GSX-R750); 7. David Loikits (Suz GSX-R1000), -1 lap; 8. Robert Lombardi (Suz GSX-R750), -1 lap; 9. Ivan Iverson (Yam YZF-R6), -1 lap; 10. Robert Jensen (Suz GSX-R750), DNS. Sportbike Championship Point Standings: 1. Wood, 95 points; 2. TIE, Jensen/Greenwood, 65 points; 4. Harwell, 62 points; 5. Elleby, 45 points; 6. Himmelsbach, 44 points; 7. Shawn Conrad, 43 points; 8. David Weber, 36 points; 9. TIE, Parrish/Geoff May, 31 points. Superbike Championship Point Standings: 1. Wood, 98 points; 2. Greenwood, 48 points; 3. Himmelsbach, 47 points; 4. Parrish, 46 points; 5. Rockwell, 39 points; 6. TIE, Jensen/Vincent Haskovec, 35 points; 8. Lombardi, 33 points; 9. Michael Barnes, 31 points; 10. TIE, Patterson/Dolney/Shawn Conrad, 30 points. Formula Sportbike Championship Point Standings: 1. Wood, 108 points; 2. Harwell, 82 points; 3. Elleby, 58 points; 4. Parrish, 51 points; 5. Jensen, 46 points; 6. Shawn Conrad, 43 points; 7. Ribeiro, 40 points; 8. Spina, 32 points; 9. TIE, Beggs/David Weber, 31 points. Thunderbike Championship Point Standings: 1. Yaakov, 79 points; 2. Bemisderfer, 64 points; 3. Estok, 62 points; 4. Brotz, 57 points; 5. Joe Rozynski, III, 54 points; 6. Danilowicz, 48 points; 7. Sam Rozynski, 41 points; 8. Robert Fisher, 38 points; 9. Michael Barnes, 36 points; 10. Ed Key, 35 points.

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